This post was updated Jan. 16 at 5:47 p.m. President Donald Trump’s administration filed an appeal Tuesday against a federal court order made last week that blocked the administration from ending a program that deferred deportation for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. The Department of Justice asked the 9th U.S. Circuit […]
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UCLA student leaders mobilize, advocate for new American DREAM
UCLA student leaders are advocating for a federal bill to provide permanent protections for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. President Donald Trump announced in September the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was enacted by former President Barack Obama in 2012. The program has helped thousands of […]
Princeton professor speaks on US immigration and failed border control
A professor from Princeton University said at an event Wednesday that he thinks border control has failed as a policy, and the United States is using the Mexican border as a political symbol to exclude immigrants. At the California Center of Population Research’s “Train Wreck: US Immigration and Border Policy 1965-2010” event, Doug Massey, a […]
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from ending DACA
This story was updated Jan. 10 at 9:14 p.m. A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday from ending a program that deferred deportation for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Trump announced in September he is ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program enacted by former President Barack Obama […]
UC Berkeley, campus group work to release detained undocumented student
UC Berkeley is working for the release of an undocumented student who was detained by border patrol agents, the campus’ chancellor announced Monday. Immigration authorities took Luis Mora, a third-year student at UC Berkeley, into custody in San Diego on Wednesday. Mora was visiting family with his girlfriend when Border Patrol took him to a […]
Al Gore discusses climate change at screening of his documentary at Hammer
Former Vice President Al Gore said he thinks recent natural disasters should be a wake-up call for Americans to focus more on conservation efforts at an event at the Hammer Museum on Sunday. The Hammer held a screening of “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” Gore’s second documentary about his environmental advocacy work. In the […]
Federal tax bill may not impact students as negatively after update
Student leaders and experts said they think a new federal tax law that goes into effect this month does not impact students as negatively as previously proposed tax bills. Unlike the initial tax bill proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives in November, the final version of the law does not tax graduate students’ […]